My friend and neighbour – the genius behind 17 years of http://www.supernova.com, Elliott Hurst, suggested I post this quick story (tip) we used for getting me out of debt.

When I first met my wife I had an okay entry level job and with that came an entry level wage. I had recently purchased a car – A Saturn SL1 and was paying down the car loan.

Besides that $300 a month, I was racking up credit card debt – which I could always pay for (or I would not buy something) but my bank account was dwindling, because I was buying junk like hockey cards for me, going out for lunches (treating people) and buying stuff for her, like an engagement ring.

I could not resist. Man I loved Shoppers Drug Mart and Pusiteri’s…

But one morning I came to the kitchen, grabbed my lunch, kissed her goodbye at which point I realized that my wallet was missing.

I turned around and saw it sitting on the counter.

Inside the wallet was a $20.00 bill, but none of my credit cards were present. I asked her if she knew where they were and she responded by telling me to look in the freezer.

Puzzled, I opened the freezer only to find them frozen solid in a giant block of ice.

The plan was to use that $20.00 for the whole week and not buy anything.

Guess what…

6 months went buy without me charging anything. My debt went down and I learned to say no to temptation.

So if you are struggling or in debt, or a friend is…freeze the culprit on the spot! It works, it really, really works… Brrrrr…

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One of my room mates in university tried this trick. It lasted until the next time she wanted to make a purchase, then she had a large ziplock bag of frozen credit cards thawing under the tap in our sink!

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